Bayer wins world-first nod in Japan for low-dose MRI contrast agent

Call it a major breakthrough for diagnostic imaging

Somerset smashes fund target, raises $288M to power India’s healthcare transformation

Godavari Biorefineries secures Japanese patent for antiviral compounds

The patent protects antiviral compounds developed by the company that inhibit Vacuolar ATPase (V-ATPase) activity in cells, a mechanism involved in viral infection pathways

Altesa BioSciences unveils breakthrough data on Rhinovirus Drug at ICAR2026

Vapendavir is an oral, potent, broad-spectrum antiviral active against rhinoviruses and related respiratory enteroviruses

TRIANA Biomedicines doses first patient in groundbreaking ALK+ lung cancer trial

The global, first-in-human, open-label trial will assess the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and preliminary anti-tumor activity of TRI-611

AptarGroup nasal spray tech joins ENA respiratory’s Phase II trial of INNA?051

The collaboration highlights the rising importance of intranasal delivery in developing non-vaccine approaches to respiratory disease prevention

Government constitutes National Dental Commission to transform dental education

The government has appointed Dr. Sanjay Tewari as Chairperson, National Dental Commission and Dr. Mousumi Goswami, Part-Time Member, National Dental Commission

LGM Pharma commits $15M to US facilities in major CDMO expansion

This follows a $6 million expansion in Rosenberg in 2025 and signals a major push to boost commercial capacity, expand R&D capabilities, and meet rising demand for US-based drug product manufacturing

$7 million grant to UW Institute for protein design to fuel next-gen enzyme breakthroughs

The initiative will be led by David Baker, 2024 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, IPD director, professor of biochemistry, and HHMI Investigator at the University of Washington

Sakura Finetek and Hamamatsu forge alliance to transform digital pathology workflow

Both companies say the collaboration is driven by a shared mission to improve patient outcomes by aligning every step of the diagnostic process